The Fireflies
Kathleen Le Scouarnec, President |
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Kat offers leadership to the company. Her strengths include organizational development, management of information systems, project management, strategic planning, and design. It is her goal to keep Firefly Lighting a growing and dynamic company, utilize the principals of lean manufacturing, and provide mentorship to individuals to maximize their productivity and creativity. Kat is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated in 1998 from University of NM, and in 2000 received a full tuition waiver for her Master's of Science degree. |
John Zubchenok
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John is the company's talented lighting designer and production manager. Firefly Lighting benefits from his perpetual optimism. John was born in Queens, New York. At age seventeen he ventured across the United States in a Classic 1954 Chevrolet Step Side. His adventure brought him to the Southwest where he became captivated by the environment, and chose to make Santa Fe his home. In the early 1990s John began using various metals as his artistic medium. It is his goal to provide exceptional lighting design and outstanding customer service with timely product delivery. |
Daniel Arias |
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 Daniel Arias shown using a drill press during fabrication process. |
Daniel is from El Salvador a place he called home until he left as a young man to come to the United States. He is married to Oralia, and has a beautiful daughter, Natalie. Daniel has an award-winning smile and loves to sing as he works - he has been with Firefly Lighting since 1996. It is Daniel's goal to provide master craftsmanship on all of his iron work projects. Through his years with the company he is now at a master skill level. Daniel has also participated in the Lean Manufacturing Efficiency Program. |
Alberto Orona |
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 Alberto Orona shown cutting designs with an acetylene oxygen torch using a jeweler's tip |
Alberto is from a small mountain village in Chihuahua, Mexico. He is a great baseball player and he loves to garden. He has been with Firefly Lighting since 1997. It is Alberto's goal to provide expert craftsmanship for his projects. He specializes in using the jeweler's torch to create the intricate filigree designs that are offered on many of our lighting and recycled products. He has also participated in the Lean Manufacturing Efficiency Program. |
David Garcia |
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 David is now teaching the safety classes. |
Is from Chihuahua, Mexico. He has recently joined our team in 2008 and is now apprenticing with Daniel to learn blacksmithing. He has become a really talented worker in a short time and has developed a keen eye for the forge. We are all working together to improve his English skills and help him develop manufacturing training and new skills. We are really proud of the work he is doing already. In addition, he recently has taken the lead in keeping our team aware of safety. |
Cynthia Torres |
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.jpg) Cynthia Torres, shown with her two children and her husband at a recent holiday party. |
Is from Chihuahua, Mexico. She has been with Firefly Lighting since 2000. She is responsible for keeping our showroom and facilities shining and we truly call her "Our Angel." |
Firefly Lighting Morale BoostersIt is important to all of the Fireflies to keep smiling, so we have our company mascots shown below that do their best to keep us happy and cheer us on as we make beautiful products for our customers.KD Marie Kakes |
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 KD Marie Kakes is the chief mascot. |
Ms Kakes is very intelligent and supervises the office activities with exactitude. KD was rescued as a kitten. At first she was affectionately named "psycho kitty," but now she has really relaxed. She has recently started experimenting with being a lap cat. |
Koshare, the burro |
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 Koshare is funny and is a true smile maker. |
Koshare offers burro hugs to anyone who wants one. He loves to have his ears rubbed. Baby, pictured below, is his lifelong companion and they are inseparable. Koshare came to Baby when a local neighbor read the newspaper account of an orphaned burro. Koshare has been Baby's pal ever since. |
Baby, the burro |
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 Baby, or Jita is approximately seven years old. |
Her specialty is braying and being ornery. Her attitude is always one of gratitude, but after the carrots please. |
Firefly Lighting Employee Garden 2010 ... |
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 This produce was raised organically in 2009!  Employee garden 2010. |
In 2010 we have decided that the Fireflies are going to begin to have an employee garden. Several companies around the United States have chosen to grow gardens to keep morale up and encourage a team spirit. In addition, we think it will also help employees keep their food costs down and keep employees and their families healthy. Our Firefly Lighting team thought this was a very great idea. We are excited to see what we will be able to grow when spring arrives. This picture was taken on January 16, 2010. We all got together on a Saturday and laid out the veggie garden and shared delicous tacos, and later David/Alberto made a yummy grilled dinner. Each gardener has their own plot and we decided to do raised vegetable beds. We are all using mesh to keep our gophers out. Kat is experimenting with a triangle shaped raised bed. David is going to have one BIG area. Daniel is making the forms for everybody with steel panels. Alberto is probably already harvesting - a true jardinero! |
| Stay tuned for more pictures of our Employee Garden 2010! | |